2019 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia
21st edition: January 15 - January 20, 2019
Also: Down Under Classic: Sunday, January 13
Tour Down Under Podium History | 2018 edition | 2020 edition | Start list |Teams presentation photos
Tour Down Under: Down Under Classic | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6
Sunday, January 20: 6th & Final Stage, McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 151.5 km
Richie Porte wins the final stage ahead of Wout Poels and Daryl Impey. Sirotti photo
The race: Here's the organizer's final stage summary.
Richie Porte arrived at the top of Willunga Hill and fans saw a repeat of the past five years: two arms aloft, a victory in the Queen Stage of the Santos Tour Down Under. He is the master of the climb that traditionally decides Australia’s biggest stage race. He is a certified star of cycling who, from one team to the next, continues to show respect to the Australian public.
The Tasmanian leader of Trek-Segafredo doesn’t use the opening round of the WorldTour to “find form” or “test his legs”, he races with conviction and he can’t be beaten on the road made famous by this race.
‘Willunga Hill: Richie Porte in first place’, it’s a familiar headline and although we’re used to seeing it, the reaction he gets from the roadside fans reminds us that he has a strong following.
Impressive as he was on the climb, he couldn’t wrestle the time he needed from the winner of stage four, Daryl Impey.
The South African was third in the final stage, and first overall... for the second successive year! He beat Porte by 13 seconds and inherited the ochre jersey from a gallant, but injured Paddy Bevin who was not in contention on the final day of the stage race he had effectively dominated until he crashed inside the final 10km of the fifth stage.
‘Impey: first on GC –again.’ That’s the other story of the stage.
“We’ll keep trying to win it,” said team owner, Gerry Ryan about the Tour Down Under at the start of the stage. “Every second year, we do,” he continued. Our track record is pretty good over here –a 50 percent strike rate. In fact, it’ll be higher if we win this one. If Daryl can go back to back, it will be the first time in history.
“Hopefully today we can create history.”
Mitchelton-Scott can celebrate again, the strike rate is indeed impressive. Consider the history of the team: 2012 –1st, Simon Gerrans; 2014 –1st Simon Gerrans; 2016 –1st Simon Gerrans; 2018 –1st Daryl Impey... and now: 2019 –1st Daryl Impey!
The Progress Report: For the first time in the Santos Tour Down Under’s 21-year history, the final stage of the race was not contested on the streets of Adelaide. Instead of the traditional circuit race in the city, the peloton went to McLaren Vale and, at 11.10am got rolling in the 151.5km sixth stage.
Paddy Bevin was at the sign-on; he was wounded from the crash in the closing kilometres of stage five but still in the overall lead of the TDU, starting the final stage with a seven-second advantage over the defending champion, Daryl Impey.
The stage began with an immediate attack, again from UniSA. This time it was Nick White who prompted others into action and seven men made The Break: White, along with Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Lukas Postleberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Lithuanian champion Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R La Mondiale), Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin), Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar), and Danny van Poppel(Jumbo-Visma).
With 85km to go, the seven had a lead of 3:40. Van Poppel claimed first place in the first intermediate sprint.
Riders from Astana, Trek, Team Sky, Trek-Segafredo and EF Education First sat near the front of the peloton and limited the time gains of the escapees.
First ascent of Old WillungaHill: Impey takes virtual lead...
Try as Nick White did, he wasn’t able to hold off the surge from the peloton of two Sky riders, Kenny Elissonde and Wout Poels; that pairing let to the top of Old Willunga Hill. By then, the sad news of the stage had become clear: Paddy Bevin was not going to be able to overcome the setback of injuries. He was dropped by the peloton early on the first climb and Impey became the virtual leader of the 21st Tour Down Under.
Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) and Hector Carratero (Movistar) led for much of the final circuit and, with 7.6km to go, just as the trio was about to get caught by the peloton, Carratero attacked again... all for nothing. Inside the final 7km the front peloton included over 50 riders; some notable absences include Bevin (of course) as well as a former protagonist on Old Willunga, Nathan Haas and his Katusha-Alpecin team-mate Alex Dowsett.
Trek-Segafredo, Team Sky and EF Education First were the teams to lead the peloton to the ascent of Old Willunga Hill for the second time. Dylan van Baarle set the pace for the first kilometres and a half of the climb with Elissonde tucked in behind him, trailed by Luis Léon Sanchez, Michael Woods, Richie Porte, Chris Hamilton, Dominico Pozzovivo, and Wout Poels.
Once again, Elissonde was the first to attack on the climb. He opened up a good gap and that prompted Impey to the front before we saw Poels take a strong surge in pursuit of Elissonde.
There was little reaction from the peloton as the Sky duo kept putting time into the virtual race leader. Seated but determined to gain more time, Elissonde paced Poels up the climb until Porte did his usual thing: attack with 1.3km to go.
That’s when Poels set off alone while, on Porte’s wheel was Chris Hamilton and Woods. Porte led under the 1km to go banner and Poels matched him, with a lead over Woods of about 50 metres.
Lucas Hamilton paced Impey to try and limit the time losses to Porte who began the stage 14 seconds behind the South African champion.
Inside the final kilometre, with Porte regularly looking behind, Impey paced himself perfectly to arrive at the top within sight of the stage winner: Porte would win on Old Willunga Hill... again –of course! It’s what he does. Meanwhile, Impey, in third place, threw a one-handed salute in acknowledgement of what he’d just done: successfully defended his Santos Tour Down Under title!
Complete Results:
151.50 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.238 km/hr
| 1 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | 3hr 30min 14sec |
| 2 | POELS Wout | Sky | s.t. |
| 3 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 4 | DENNIS Rohan | Bahrain-Merida | @ 3sec |
| 5 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | 0:06 |
| 6 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First | 0:15 |
| 8 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:17 |
| 9 | SLAGTER Tom-Jelte | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 10 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 11 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 12 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 0:20 |
| 13 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar | s.t. |
| 14 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 15 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 17 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:30 |
| 18 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Sky | s.t. |
| 19 | PRADES Eduard | Movistar | 0:41 |
| 20 | HINDLEY Jai | Team Sunweb | 0:43 |
| 21 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 22 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:48 |
| 23 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:51 |
| 24 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Groupama-FDJ | 0:53 |
| 25 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 26 | MORABITO Steve | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 27 | HARPER Chris | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 28 | MAS Lluís | Movistar | s.t. |
| 29 | MCCARTHY Jay | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 30 | GESINK Robert | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 31 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain-Merida | 0:59 |
| 32 | HAGEN Carl Fredrik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 33 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 34 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 35 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 36 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | UniSA-Australia | @ 1min 9sec |
| 37 | LATOUR Pierre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 38 | PETERS Nans | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:27 |
| 39 | DUPONT Hubert | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:35 |
| 40 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 41 | STETINA Peter | Trek-Segafredo | 1:56 |
| 42 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 43 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:01 |
| 44 | ELISSONDE Kenny | Sky | 2:04 |
| 45 | SCOTSON Miles | Groupama-FDJ | 2:54 |
| 46 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | 2:56 |
| 47 | MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 48 | WHELAN James | EF Education First | 3:05 |
| 49 | WHITE Nicholas | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 50 | FRANKINY Kilian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 51 | BAK Lars Ytting | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 52 | VALGREN Michael | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 53 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 54 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 55 | KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 56 | VINCENT Léo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 57 | PANTANO Jarlinson | Trek-Segafredo | 3:12 |
| 58 | WYNANTS Maarten | Jumbo-Visma | 4:44 |
| 59 | BOARO Manuele | Astana | 4:52 |
| 60 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 61 | OSS Daniel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 62 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 63 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 64 | CARRETERO Héctor | Movistar | 5:00 |
| 65 | BALLERINI Davide | Astana | 5:36 |
| 66 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | s.t. |
| 67 | DE VREESE Laurens | Astana | s.t. |
| 68 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 69 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 70 | ROWE Luke | Sky | s.t. |
| 71 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 5:40 |
| 72 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 73 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 74 | OLIVEIRA Ivo | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 75 | KNOX James | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 76 | OWSIAN Łukasz | CCC Team | 5:41 |
| 77 | ROSSKOPF Joey | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 78 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 79 | TOOVEY Ayden | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 80 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 81 | MORTON Lachlan | EF Education First | 5:46 |
| 82 | HEPBURN Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 5:53 |
| 83 | EDMONDSON Alex | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 84 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 85 | CLARKE Will | Trek-Segafredo | 6:00 |
| 86 | POTTER Michael | UniSA-Australia | 7:00 |
| 87 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 88 | HAYMAN Mathew | Mitchelton-Scott | 7:02 |
| 89 | HOELGAARD Daniel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 90 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | 7:18 |
| 91 | LEEZER Tom | Jumbo-Visma | 7:30 |
| 92 | BOL Cees | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 93 | MULLEN Ryan | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 94 | LEA Jason | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 95 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:30 |
| 96 | DE GENDT Thomas | Lotto-Soudal | 9:13 |
| 97 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 98 | BLYTHE Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 9:41 |
| 99 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 100 | DE KORT Koen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 101 | SUTHERLAND Rory | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 102 | KNEES Christian | Sky | s.t. |
| 103 | DENZ Nico | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 104 | DLAMINI Nic | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 105 | DOULL Owain | Sky | s.t. |
| 106 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
| 107 | GATTO Oscar | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 108 | BODNAR Maciej | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 109 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
| 110 | DOCKER Mitchell | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 111 | VENTOSO Francisco José | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 112 | MARECZKO Jakub | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 113 | SCULLY Tom | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 114 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 115 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | 13:28 |
| 116 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-Merida | 13:41 |
| 117 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 118 | LINDEMAN Bert-Jan | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 119 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 120 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 121 | WALSCHEID Max | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 122 | VAN DER PLOEG Neil | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 123 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 124 | SABATINI Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 125 | SAJNOK Szymon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 126 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 127 | COSNEFROY Benoît | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 128 | HAAS Nathan | Katusha-Alpecin | 24:16 |
| 129 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
Final GC after Stage 6:
827.50 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.330 km/hr
- GC winner: Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott)
- Mountains classification winner: Jason Lea (UniSA-Australia)
- Points classification winner: Patrick Bevin (CCC Team)
- Best young rider: Chris Hamilton (Team Sunweb)
- Team classification winner: UAE-Team Emirates
| 1 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 20hr 30min 42sec |
| 2 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | @ 13sec |
| 3 | POELS Wout | Sky | 0:17 |
| 4 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | 0:19 |
| 5 | DENNIS Rohan | Bahrain-Merida | 0:26 |
| 6 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First | 0:38 |
| 8 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:40 |
| 9 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 11 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 0:43 |
| 12 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 13 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 14 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 15 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:53 |
| 16 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Sky | s.t. |
| 17 | SLAGTER Tom-Jelte | Dimension Data | @ 1min 1sec |
| 18 | HINDLEY Jai | Team Sunweb | 1:06 |
| 19 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:18 |
| 20 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | 1:27 |
| 21 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:35 |
| 22 | PRADES Eduard | Movistar | 1:36 |
| 23 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Groupama-FDJ | 1:37 |
| 24 | MAS Lluís | Movistar | 1:44 |
| 25 | MORABITO Steve | Groupama-FDJ | 1:48 |
| 26 | HARPER Chris | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 27 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 28 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | 2:00 |
| 29 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:01 |
| 30 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | UniSA-Australia | 2:11 |
| 31 | GESINK Robert | Jumbo-Visma | 2:12 |
| 32 | LATOUR Pierre | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:21 |
| 33 | MCCARTHY Jay | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:31 |
| 34 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:45 |
| 35 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Jumbo-Visma | 3:01 |
| 36 | HAGEN Carl Fredrik | Lotto-Soudal | 3:16 |
| 37 | VALGREN Michael | Dimension Data | 4:00 |
| 38 | KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav | Katusha-Alpecin | 4:33 |
| 39 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-Merida | 5:19 |
| 40 | BAK Lars Ytting | Dimension Data | 5:23 |
| 41 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 5:38 |
| 42 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | 5:47 |
| 43 | SCOTSON Miles | Groupama-FDJ | 6:07 |
| 44 | ELISSONDE Kenny | Sky | 7:07 |
| 45 | CARRETERO Héctor | Movistar | 7:24 |
| 46 | WHELAN James | EF Education First | 7:47 |
| 47 | DUPONT Hubert | Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:06 |
| 48 | KNOX James | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:24 |
| 49 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain-Merida | 8:49 |
| 50 | STETINA Peter | Trek-Segafredo | 9:05 |
| 51 | PANTANO Jarlinson | Trek-Segafredo | 9:07 |
| 52 | OSS Daniel | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:40 |
| 53 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | 9:55 |
| 54 | MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 55 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:16 |
| 56 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | 10:48 |
| 57 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Katusha-Alpecin | 11:19 |
| 58 | WHITE Nicholas | UniSA-Australia | 11:38 |
| 59 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 12:04 |
| 60 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar | 12:09 |
| 61 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | 12:11 |
| 62 | ROSSKOPF Joey | CCC Team | 13:47 |
| 63 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana | 13:48 |
| 64 | EDMONDSON Alex | Mitchelton-Scott | 14:46 |
| 65 | HEPBURN Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 14:58 |
| 66 | MULLEN Ryan | Trek-Segafredo | 15:55 |
| 67 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | CCC Team | 15:57 |
| 68 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | 16:25 |
| 69 | FRANKINY Kilian | Groupama-FDJ | 16:27 |
| 70 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 71 | LEEZER Tom | Jumbo-Visma | 16:52 |
| 72 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | 16:57 |
| 73 | TOOVEY Ayden | UniSA-Australia | 16:59 |
| 74 | DE GENDT Thomas | Lotto-Soudal | 17:20 |
| 75 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 18:10 |
| 76 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education First | 18:33 |
| 77 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | 18:41 |
| 78 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | 19:08 |
| 79 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 19:22 |
| 80 | VINCENT Léo | Groupama-FDJ | 19:50 |
| 81 | PETERS Nans | Ag2r La Mondiale | 20:14 |
| 82 | MORTON Lachlan | EF Education First | 20:23 |
| 83 | BALLERINI Davide | Astana | 21:22 |
| 84 | HAYMAN Mathew | Mitchelton-Scott | 21:51 |
| 85 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 22:06 |
| 86 | SCULLY Tom | EF Education First | 22:10 |
| 87 | KNEES Christian | Sky | 22:23 |
| 88 | OLIVEIRA Ivo | UAE-Team Emirates | 22:37 |
| 89 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 23:00 |
| 90 | HOELGAARD Daniel | Groupama-FDJ | 23:05 |
| 91 | WYNANTS Maarten | Jumbo-Visma | 23:17 |
| 92 | BOARO Manuele | Astana | 23:56 |
| 93 | DOCKER Mitchell | EF Education First | 23:57 |
| 94 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | 24:14 |
| 95 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 24:21 |
| 96 | CLARKE Will | Trek-Segafredo | 24:29 |
| 97 | BODNAR Maciej | Bora-hansgrohe | 24:33 |
| 98 | OWSIAN Łukasz | CCC Team | 24:52 |
| 99 | DOULL Owain | Sky | 25:46 |
| 100 | DLAMINI Nic | Dimension Data | 25:57 |
| 101 | MØRKØV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 26:11 |
| 102 | DE VREESE Laurens | Astana | 26:51 |
| 103 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | 27:02 |
| 104 | SABATINI Fabio | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 27:05 |
| 105 | POTTER Michael | UniSA-Australia | 27:06 |
| 106 | DE KORT Koen | Trek-Segafredo | 27:08 |
| 107 | LEA Jason | UniSA-Australia | 27:23 |
| 108 | LINDEMAN Bert-Jan | Jumbo-Visma | 27:37 |
| 109 | BOL Cees | Team Sunweb | 27:54 |
| 110 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 28:44 |
| 111 | SUTHERLAND Rory | UAE-Team Emirates | 30:24 |
| 112 | VENTOSO Francisco José | CCC Team | 30:39 |
| 113 | BLYTHE Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 114 | MARECZKO Jakub | CCC Team | 31:06 |
| 115 | DENZ Nico | Ag2r La Mondiale | 31:14 |
| 116 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | Ag2r La Mondiale | 32:00 |
| 117 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | 33:27 |
| 118 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Katusha-Alpecin | 33:29 |
| 119 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 33:56 |
| 120 | WALSCHEID Max | Team Sunweb | 34:07 |
| 121 | VAN DER PLOEG Neil | UniSA-Australia | 34:13 |
| 122 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-Merida | 34:22 |
| 123 | GATTO Oscar | Bora-hansgrohe | 36:35 |
| 124 | COSNEFROY Benoît | Ag2r La Mondiale | 36:48 |
| 125 | HAAS Nathan | Katusha-Alpecin | 37:21 |
| 126 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | 40:32 |
| 127 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | Bora-hansgrohe | 41:13 |
| 128 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 42:54 |
| 129 | SAJNOK Szymon | CCC Team | 47:58 |
Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
A beat-up Patrick Bevin decided to start the stage after crashing on Saturday. He said they will have to take the GC leader's jersey from him if they want it. They did.
The peloton races along Aldinga Beach.
The pelton echelons a bit in a side wind.
CCC Team works to protect Patrick Bevin on Willunga Hill. He may not have been in GC contention anymore after being dropped, but he was still the points classification leader.
The terrain didn't suit Peter Sagan (rider on left) either.
Richie Porte attacks on Willunga Hill.
Richie Porte looks back as he continues his attack.
Porte motors up the mountains.
Richie Porte takes the final stage.
Daryl Impey's third was good enough to win the 2016 Tour Down Under.
Rohan Dennis was fourth across the line
Luis Leon Sanchez finished fifth.
Right after the stage, Daryl Impey signals that has won his second Tour Down Under.
Richie Porte takes a moment to rest after winning the stage. He couldn't take enough time out of Daryl Impey to win the GC.
Mountains classification winner Jason Lea.
Patrick Bevin won the points classification
Daryl Impey gets his second Tour Down Under win in a row,
Saturday, January 19: Stage 5, Glenelg - Strathalbyn, 149.5 km
Complete stage 5 results, stage story, map, and photos
Caleb Ewan was first across the line, but was relegated, making Jasper Philipsen the stage winner. Sirotti photo
Results:
149.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.336 km/hr
| 1 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | 3hr 37min 0sec |
| 2 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 4 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 5 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 6 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 7 | BOL Cees | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 8 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 9 | POELS Wout | Sky | s.t. |
| 10 | BALLERINI Davide | Astana | s.t. |
GC after Stage 5:
676.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.732 km/hr
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 17hr 0min 25sec |
| 2 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | @ 7sec |
| 3 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | 0:16 |
| 4 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | 0:26 |
| 5 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 7 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 8 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 9 | POELS Wout | Sky | s.t. |
| 10 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First | s.t. |
Friday, January 18: Stage 4, Unley - Campbelltown, 129.2 km
Stage 4 complete results, stage story, photos and map
Daryl Impey takes the fourth stage. Sirotti photo
Results:
129.2 km raced at an average speed of 42.257 km/hr
| 1 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 3hr 3min 27sec |
| 2 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 3 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | s.t. |
| 4 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 5 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar | s.t. |
| 6 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 7 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 9 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 10 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Sky | s.t. |
GC after Stage 4:
526.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.316 km/hr
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 13hr 23min 30sec |
| 2 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | @ 7sec |
| 3 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | 0:11 |
| 4 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | 0:21 |
| 5 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 6 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 8 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 9 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First | s.t. |
Thursday, January 17: Stage 3, Lobethal - Uraidla, 146.2 km
Stage 3 complete results, stage story, map and photos
Peter Sagan barely beats Luis Leon Sanchez to take stage three. Sirotti photo
Results:
146.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.797 km/hr
| 1 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 46min 6sec |
| 2 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | s.t. |
| 3 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 4 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 5 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 6 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 8 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 9 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 10 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
GC after stage 3:
397.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.439 km/hr
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 10hr 20min 9sec |
| 2 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 1sec |
| 3 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | 0:09 |
| 4 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | 0:10 |
| 5 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:11 |
| 6 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | 0:15 |
| 7 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 9 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 10 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
Wednesday, January 16: Stage 2, Norwood - Angaston, 122.1 km
Stage 2 complete results, stage story, map and photos
Patick Bevin takes stage two and the GC lead. Sirotti photo
Results:
122.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.663 km/hr
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 3hr 14min 31sec |
| 2 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 3 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 5 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 7 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 8 | SÁNCHEZ Luis León | Astana | s.t. |
| 9 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 10 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
GC after Stage 2:
251.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.234 km/hr
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 6hr 34min 3sec |
| 2 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 5sec |
| 3 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 0:09 |
| 4 | WALSCHEID Max | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 5 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | Astana | s.t. |
| 6 | LEA Jason | UniSA-Australia | 0:10 |
| 7 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 8 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:11 |
| 9 | MARECZKO Jakub | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 10 | CASTRILLO Jaime | Movistar | 0:12 |
Tuesday, January 15: Stage 1, North Adelaide - Port Adelaide, 129 km
Complete stage 1 results, map, stage story and photos
Italian champion Elia Viviani takes the first stage. Sirotti photo
Results:
129 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.472 km/hr
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3hr 19min 47sec |
| 2 | WALSCHEID Max | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 3 | MARECZKO Jakub | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 4 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 5 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 6 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 8 | SAGAN Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 10 | HOELGAARD Daniel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
GC after Stage 1:
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3hr 19min 37sec |
| 2 | WALSCHEID Max | Team Sunweb | @ 4sec |
| 3 | BEVIN Patrick | CCC Team | 0:05 |
| 4 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 5 | MARECZKO Jakub | CCC Team | 0:06 |
| 6 | LEA Jason | UniSA-Australia | 0:08 |
| 7 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain-Merida | 0:10 |
| 8 | GIBBONS Ryan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 9 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
Sunday, January 13: Down Under Classic: Adelaide, Australia, 1 hour + 1 lap (1.7 km)
2019 Down Under Classic complete results, stage story, photos & map
Caleb Ewan takes the year's first race ahead of Peter Sagan & Alex Edmondson. Sirotti photo
Results:
| 1 | EWAN, Caleb (Lotto Soudal) | 1hr 3min 59sec |
| 2 | SAGAN, Peter (BORA-hansgrohe) | s.t. |
| 3 | EDMONDSON, Alexander (Mitchelton-SCOTT) | s.t. |
| 4 | KLUGE, Roger (Lotto Soudal) | @ 2sec |
| 5 | OSS, Daniel (BORA – hansgrohe) | 0:04 |
| 6 | DOULL, Owain (Team Sky) | 0:05 |
| 7 | ROWE, Luke (Team Sky) | 0:09 |
| 8 | SANCHEZ, Luis León (Astana Pro Team) | s.t. |
| 9 | HALLER, Marco (Team Katusha Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 10 | VENTOSO, Francisco (CCC Team) | s.t. |
Start list with backnumbers, January 12, 2014:
| Mitchelton-SCOTT (Australia) |
| 1. Daryl Impey (South Africa) |
| 2. Luke Durbridge (Australia) |
| 3. Alex Edmondson (Australia) |
| 4. Lucas Hamilton (Australia) |
| 5. Mat Hayman (Australia) |
| 6. Michael Hepburn (Australia) |
| 7. Cam Meyer (Australia) |
| BORA hansgrohe (Germany) |
| 11. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) |
| 12. Maciej Bodnar (Poland) |
| 13. Oscar Gatto (Italy) |
| 14. Jay McCarthy (Australia) |
| 15. Gregor Mühlberger (Austria) |
| 16. Daniel Oss (Italy) |
| 17. Lukas Pöstlberger (Austria) |
| Trek Segafredo (USA) |
| 21. Richie Porte (Australia) |
| 22. Will Clarke (Australia) |
| 23. Koen De Kort (Netherlands) |
| 24. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia) |
| 25. Ryan Mullen (Ireland) |
| 26. Kiel Reijnen (USA) |
| 27. Peter Stetina (USA) |
| Lotto-Soudal (Belgium) |
| 31. Caleb Ewan (Australia) |
| 32. Adam Blythe (UK) |
| 33. Tomasz Marczynski (Poland) |
| 34. Carl Hagen (Norway) |
| 35. Adam Hansen (Australia) |
| 36. Roger Kluge (Germany) |
| 37. Thomas De Gendt (Belgium) |
| UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) |
| 41. Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway) |
| 42. Rory Sutherland (Australia) |
| 43. Ivo Oliveira (Portugal) |
| 44. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) |
| 45. Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) |
| 46. Jan Polanc (Slovenia) |
| 47. Diego Ulissi (Italy) |
| Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (South Africa) |
| 51. Michael Valgren (Denmark) |
| 52. Lars Bak (Denmark) |
| 53. Nic Dlamini (South Africa) |
| 54. Ryan Gibbons (South Africa) |
| 55. Ben O'Connor (Australia) |
| 56. Scott Davies (Great Britain) |
| 57. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands) |
| Bahrain-Merida Pro Cycling Team (Bahrain) |
| 61. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) |
| 62. Phil Bauhaus (Germany) |
| 63. Rohan Dennis (Australia) |
| 64. Heinrich Haussler (Australia) |
| 65. Hermann Pernsteiner (Austria) |
| 66. Yukiya Arashiro (Japan) |
| 67. Marcel Sieberg (Germany) |
| EF Education First Pro Cycling (USA) |
| 71. Michael Woods (Canada) |
| 72. Mitchell Docker (Australia) |
| 73. Daniel McClay (Great Britain) |
| 74. Lachlan Morton (Australia) |
| 75. Thomas Scully (New Zealand) |
| 76. James Whelan (Australia) |
| 77. Alberto Bettiol (Italy) |
| Team Sunweb (Germany) |
| 81. Cees Bol (Netherlands) |
| 82. Johannes Fröhlinger (Germany) |
| 83. Chris Hamilton (Australia) |
| 84. Jai Hindley (Australia) |
| 85. Max Kanter (Germany) |
| 86. Michael Storer (Australia) |
| 87. Max Walscheid (Germany) |
| AG2R La Mondiale (France) |
| 91. Pierre Latour (France) |
| 92. Gediminas Bagdonas (Lithuania) |
| 93. Clement Chevrier (France) |
| 94. Benoit Cosnefroy (France) |
| 95. Nico Denz (France) |
| 96. Hubert Dupont (France) |
| 97. Nans Peters (France) |
| Astana Pro Team (Kazhakstan) |
| 101. Davide Ballerini (Italy) |
| 102. Manuele Boaro (Italy) |
| 103. Laurens De Vresse (Belgium) |
| 104. Danil Fominykh (Kazakhstan) |
| 105. Yevgeniy Gidich (Kazakhstan) |
| 106. Artyom Zakharov (Kazakhstan) |
| 107. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain) |
| Team Katusha Alpecin (Switzerland) |
| 111. Alex Dowsett (United Kingdom) |
| 112. Jens Debusschere (Belgium) |
| 113. Ruben Guerreiro (Portugal) |
| 114. Nathan Haas (Australia) |
| 115. Marco Haller (Austria) |
| 116. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Russia) |
| 117. Dimitrii Strakhov (Russia) |
| Groupama-FDJ (France) |
| 121. Miles Scotson (Australia) |
| 122. Daniel Hoelgaard (Norway) |
| 123. Matthieu Ladagnous (France) |
| 124. Tobias Ludvigsson (Sweden) |
| 125. Steve Morabito (Switzerland) |
| 126. Kilian Frankiny (Switzerland) |
| 127. Leo Vincent (France) |
| Movistar Team (Spain) |
| 131. Héctor Carretero (Spain) |
| 132. Jaime Castrillo (Spain) |
| 133. Rubén Fernandez (Spain) |
| 134. Lluís Mas (Spain) |
| 135. Edu Prades (Spain) |
| 136. Jasha Sütterlin (Germany) |
| 137. Rafael Valls (Spain) |
| Deceuninck - Quickstep (Belgium) |
| 141. Elia Viviani (Italy) |
| 142. Fabio Sabatini (Italy) |
| 143. Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) |
| 144. Mikkel Honore (Denmark) |
| 145. Dries Devenyns (Belgium) |
| 146. James Knox (Great Britain) |
| 147. Remi Cavagna (France) |
| Team Jumbo-Visma (Netherlands) |
| 151. George Bennett (New Zealand) |
| 152. Robert Gesink (Netherlands) |
| 153. Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands) |
| 154. Bert Jan Lindeman (Netherlands) |
| 155. Tom Leezer (Netherlands) |
| 156. Danny van Poppel (Netherlands) |
| 157. Maarten Wynants (Belgium) |
| Team Sky (United Kingdom) |
| 161. Owain Doull (Great Britain) |
| 162. Kenny Elissonde (France) |
| 163. Kristoffer Halvorsen (Norway) |
| 164. Christian Knees (Germany) |
| 165. Wout Poels (Netherlands) |
| 166. Luke Rowe (Great Britain) |
| 167. Dylan Van Baarle (Netherlands) |
| CCC Team (Poland) |
| 171. Patrick Bevin (New Zealand) |
| 172. Victor De La Parte (Spain) |
| 173. Jakub Mareczko (Italy) |
| 174. Lukasz Owsian (Poland) |
| 175. Jospeh Rosskopf (USA) |
| 176. Francisco Ventoso (Spain) |
| 177. Michael Sajnok (Poland) |
| UniSA-Australia (Australia) |
| 181. Chris Harper (Australia) |
| 182. Jason Lea (Australia) |
| 183. Dylan Sunderland (Australia) |
| 184. Ayden Toovey (Australia) |
| 185. Neil Van der Ploeg (Australia) |
| 186. Nick White (Australia) |
| 187. Michael Potter (Australia) |
Team presentation photos, Saturday, January 12, 2019.
All photos by Photoreporter Sirotti.
Phil Liggett without Paul Sherwen
Peter Sagan
Richie Porte
Team Sky
Sky's Kenny Ellisonde
Wouter Poels
The home team, Mitchelton Scott
EF-Education First
Michael Woods
Team Astana
Davide Ballerini
Italian champion Eia Viviani
George Bennett
Robert Gesink
Daryl Impey
Mr. Speed, Caleb Ewan
Thomas de Gendt
Tom Jelte Slagter
Pierre Latour